Overview

• Three New Mexico police officers will not face charges for fatally shooting Robert Dotson, 52, at the wrong address while responding to a domestic violence call on April 5, 2023.
• The New Mexico Department of Justice concluded that the officers did not use excessive force when they shot Dotson, who answered the door with a raised gun.
• Dotson's wife, Kimberly, fired at the officers after they shot her husband, but stopped once she realized they were police officers. She was not harmed.
• The officers had mistakenly gone to 5305 Valley View Avenue, instead of 5308 Valley View Avenue.
• The Dotson family has filed a lawsuit against the city of Farmington and the three officers involved, alleging excessive and unnecessary force.